> earlier on they were trying to find reasons to hire you, later on it was more that they were trying to find reasons not to hire you
Have you by chance been pursuing roles at increasingly larger and more lucrative orgs?
I've worked at several startups, and those were clearly more looking for reasons to hire. Now at a FAANG, the interview process was clearly more in the looking for reasons not to hire direction...
Pretty sure he's talking about roles that pay close to seven figures TC, not a paper money startup.
But given the choice between making BigTech compensation and enterprise CRUD compensation if I were 25-30 I with today’s opportunities (well not the current shit show) instead of when I was 25-30, of course I would “grind leetCode” and do what it takes.
> I would rather hire and work with people who focus on breaking down problems and keeping logic and structure as simple as possible
At my stage in life, I can afford to be picky about where I work and optimize my lifestyle choices over money. But if I were 25? If I had to work 40 hours a week anyway, my only concern would be where could I get the most money in my bank account and as much (public company) stock in my brokerage account via RSUs. You act as if being a “mercenary” is a bad thing. The only reason I work is to exchange labor for money. That’s been the case since 1996. It ain’t about “passion” or the “mission”.